Question

I’m using jQuery Validation Plugin 1.9.0 (from http://bassistance.de/). The problem is that I can’t figure out how to validate a text field only if a user type something in it. If the user did not write anything that field should not be treated as required.

Answer 1

Do not set the required rule option –

rules : {
     text1 : {
         required: false, // Or do not specify the option
         minlength: 3 // validation if it has value
     }
 },